Hair curler



Feb. 20, 1945. D. O'STRANDER HAIR CURLER Filed Dec. 7, 1943 DezeZZ OsZrcuzcZm;

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. designates the peaks and]? the a tie or securing member.

member preferably comprises an elastic l hav-' ing buttons, beads or the like at its ends and 'itis held onthe curler proper I, 2, as indicated Patented Feb. 20,

I 2,369,752 nnm CURLER} A i e a nezeuiostmnder, New anama. j ApplicationDecember 7, 1943; sunrises-13.267

' r o aims (01.13242) Myinvention relates to fhairrcurlers and 'it P marily has for itsob'jectto' provide an effective.

hair curler that "can be manufactured so cheaplyrthat s s i an -afior iftol m ce sfrequently in 'case'of l o's jdr to in'c'rease 'thefnumber'inuse. I 1 r A "further :obj'ect1.'is"to provide a curler that CEIIIbE-WOTII 'withicemfort and one that can 'be concealed in use:

' Other dbiie'cts wiliinfpartbe obvious and in,

part bfelfpdintedi'ou jereinaft'er. I

' To'thei attainment "of the aforesaid objects and ends the inventio njsftillf'further resides in 'the noveli detailsjof construction, combination and arrangement of parts, all'of which will befirst described-in the following detailed description,

andthen be pointedout in the appended'claimsf, v reference being had to the accompanying draw ing,v in which:

Fig. 1 is an end view of a curler proper, and turning key the View being taken looking from.

left to right in Fig. 2. I

Fig. 2 is. a side elevation of the curler proper and key. f

Fig. 3 is a central vertical longitudinal sec tion. on a smaller scale, of the curler proper with a. winding or turning key drawn out to its operating position, the key being shown in elevation.

showing how a tie or fastening member may be anchored to the same.

5 is a cross section on the line 55 of Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 4 showing a modification. I

Fig. 7 is-a view similar to Fig. 3 showing a modified tie or fastening member. In the drawing in which like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures, i valleys of the longitudinal corrugations of a tube which forms the curler proper. This tube I, 2, is preferably provided at its ends with notches 3 to receive The tie or securing in Fig. 4, or it may consist of an elastic band l2 held in place by hooks l3 hooked over the ends of the tube l 2*, as shown in Fig.6. The lattermeans of anchoring the tie or securing are omitted from the ends of the tube.

Fig. 4 a side elevation of. the curler proper having buttons, beads .rr orthe "like fastened to, it at proper intervals, so, tha'tfthe end of a I lock of hairmaybesecuredjin place On the 'curler I and then when the hair'ihas "been wound around the curler other portions or the tie member can be woven back and forth over the hair and secured by the buttons or beads etc. to, the ends or the curlertubel If desired one end or the tie member may be ..permanently anchored to the curler tube I ,"ZQbycementin'g the same or in any other desiredfmanner. iThe'tie member .may be made as long as desired and as "many buttons or beads used thereon .a's desired.

.The winding. for turning key J which ay or. may not .be' left assembled with the curler tube in ,use,." comp1 ises a corrugated .ltube composed I of alternate peaks '9 andyalleys '8 so as to fit within the'curler tube I, 2, with a sliding fit.

.The tube 8, 9, is provided with a head-4, that may conform in dimensions and shape to thecurler tube l, 2, and into which head the key parent material, preferably plastic, so as to be tube 8, 9, is inserted and secured, by'cementing it in place or by any other suitable means. The headl has peaks 5 and valleys 6 corresponding to the peaks l and valleys 2 .ofthe curler tube and it is also providedwith notches I in its free end, corresponding to the notches 3 and for the same purpose. 7

If desired the key member may be composed of a solid rod (Fig. 5) having the peaks 9 and valleys 8 to fit within the peaks and valleys of v the curler tube and be projected into the head 4* to which it may way.

be secured in any approved The parts of my curler may be made of translight in weight and be substantially invisible when worn in the hair.

Several curlers may bejcoupled together length- Wise by forcing the end of the one over the end of the other, thus enabling the curlers proper to be coupled together, the corrugations having sufe ''member is preferably used when the notches '10 If de-"- sired a longer tie'member l0? may be employed 5 ficient give to permit this. v

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have provided a curler of a simple construction, one

that is light in weight, and one which will readily serve its intended purpose.

While-I prefer to make the curler, especially the curler tube; of plastic composition it may I be made of any other suitable material, as for example, compressed paper.

If desired one end of the tie member may be permanently secured to the curler tube by cementing the same in place or by securing it in any other approved way.

Other ramifications than those above mentioned can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention and within the scope of the said U-shaped structures forming therewith a series of longitudinally disposed tubular members open at their ends.

2. A curler proper which comprises a longitu- I dinally corrugated tube, and a tie member anchored over the endsof said tube, and a key having a longitudinally corrugated body whose corrugations conform to and fit those of said tube to slidably fit into the said tube and a head on one end of said body.

- 3. A curler proper comprising a longitudinally corrugated tube having alternately disposed peaks and valleys, the tube in its valleys being notched at its ends, and a key having a longitudinally corrugated body whose corrugations conform to and fit those of said tube to slidably fit into the said tube and a head on one end of said body.

4. A curler proper which comprises a longitudinally corrugated tube, and a tie member anchored over the ends of said tube, and a key having a longitudinally corrugated body to slidably fit into the said tube and a head on one end of said body, said head conforming in shape to the cross section of said tube and forming an extension of the same.

5. A curler proper comprising a longitudinally corrugated tube having alternately disposed peaks and valleys, the tube in its valleys being notched at its ends, and a key having a longitudinally corrugated body to slidably fit into the said tube and a head on one end of said body, said head conforming in shape to the cross section of said tube and forming on extension of the same.

6. A curler proper which comprises a longitudinally corrugated tube, and a tie member anchored over the ends of said tube, and a key having a longitudinally corrugatedbody to slidably fit into the said tube and a head on one end of said body, said head conforming in shape to the cross section of said tube, said head on its outer edge being notched.

7. A curler proper which comprises a thin tube of plastic, the wall of which is corrugated to provide a plurality of longitudinal ,U-shaped-incross-section peaks and valleys, the side portions ofeach peak being substantially parallel, thereby providing outwardly diverging walls for the valleys, and a member fitting within said tube, the outer surface of which member is longitudinally grooved to fit the valley portions of said tube, and including portions projecting into the peak corrugations of said tube to form therewith parallel tubular structures open only at each end of the curler, and a tie member engaging the ends of said tubularmember and lying in a valley of the same for holding hair in the said valley.

DEZELL OSTRANDER. 

